壳聚糖-海藻酸钠靛玉红自微乳缓释微囊制备、评价及体外释放的研究

以靛玉红自微乳为囊心物,壳聚糖和海藻酸钠为囊材,采用复凝聚法制备壳聚糖-海藻酸钠靛玉红自乳化缓释微囊,通过正交实验和单因素考察确定壳聚糖-海藻酸钠靛玉红缓释微囊的最佳制备工艺。并以载药量、包封率为评价指标对其进行质量评价,同时以体外释放度评价其释药性能。壳聚糖-海藻酸钠靛玉红缓释微囊的最佳工艺是海藻酸钠的浓度为1.5%,靛玉红自微乳体积、海藻酸钠体积、壳聚糖质量三者比例为1∶1∶0.5,氯化钙浓度的最佳浓度为2.0%。采用该工艺制备的微囊载药量为0.0416%、包封率为79.2%,体外释放24 h累积释放率为(97.1±2.68)%。该微囊的释放符合Higuchi方程和一级释药模型,具有较好的缓释作用。     

姜黄素壳聚糖微球的制备及其在体内外释放度的研究

目的:研究响应面法优化姜黄素壳聚糖微球制备的工艺参数,提高姜黄素的溶出度.方法:采用离子交联法制备姜黄素缓释微球,以微球的载药量和包封率为考察指标,采用星点设计考察配制壳聚糖的醋酸浓度、药物载体的比例以及交联剂浓度对微球制备工艺的影响,对结果进行二次多项式拟合,并根据最佳数学模型进行预测.结果:姜黄素壳聚糖微球最优制备工艺参数为:醋酸的浓度为1％,载体药物比例为0.83,交联剂的浓度为0.15％,载药量和包封率的预测值和理论值偏差分别为0.47％和3.2％.结论:响应面法优化姜黄素壳聚糖微球制剂处方具有很好的预测性,体内外药物释放度研究表明,最优条件下制备的微球可以在提高姜黄素溶出度的前提下缓慢释放达12h.     

交联壳聚糖微球固定化β-葡萄糖苷酶工艺研究

目的:以戊二醛交联壳聚糖微球为载体,通过共价连接反应固定化β-葡萄糖苷酶.方法:以固定化酶比活和酶活回收率为目标,采用单因素方法优化固定化工艺、微球制备条件.结果:微球最佳制备条件:2.5%壳聚糖,2%乙酸,7.5%氢氧化钠,氢氧化钠:乙醇(v/v)=1:1.最佳固定化工艺为:0.1g壳聚糖微球在20mL 3%戊二醛溶液中50℃交联2h.加酶量为7 388mU/g干球,25℃吸附24h.固定化酶比活为6 188mU/g干球,酶活回收率为95.4%.结论:交联壳聚糖微球共价连接法可有效固定化β-葡萄糖苷酶.     

载荷壳聚糖微球的海藻酸钠水凝胶的制备

目的:在支架材料上引入具有控释行为的微球,旨在通过微球包裹生长因子,通过生长因子的缓慢释放从而促进种子细胞的生长分化。方法:本实验通过在海藻酸钠水凝胶中负载具有控释功能的壳聚糖微球,并通过在微球中包载溶菌酶从而达到控制壳聚糖降解速率的功效。实验研究了不同搅拌速度下壳聚糖微球的形貌及粒径大小,通过扫描电镜对壳聚糖微球及复合支架的形貌进行了观察,通过紫外光吸收法测试了微球的载药量及包封率,并研究了壳聚糖微球在体外的降解行为等。结果:制备的壳聚糖微球表面较光滑,溶菌酶的包封率在25.78%-41.89%之间,载药量在15.20%-24.44%之间。包封溶菌酶的微胶囊在降解9天后壳聚糖分子量下降了70.40%,载荷微球的复合凝胶孔洞增多,孔洞大小均匀。结论:此复合材料有望作为载荷软骨相关生长因子的支架模型,从而解决软骨组织工程中种子细胞匮乏的问题。     

壳聚糖-海藻酸钠包裹Hp全菌蛋白微球剂的研制及其表征分析

以壳聚糖、海藻酸钠为主要合成材料包裹幽门螺杆菌全菌超声蛋白抗原 ,制备新型Hp疫苗制剂。采用一定工艺 ,将海藻酸钠、壳聚糖以及Hp超声全菌抗原制备成W /O/W微球。通过扫描电镜、粒径分布仪等设备检测微球粒径大小 ;微球溶出度仪、Lowry法检测蛋白含量、高压液相色谱等检测微球的蛋白的包封率以及释放速率 ;12 5I标记后口服观测微球的定向靶向作用等。所制备微球形态规则 ,粒径均在 10 μm以内 ;包封率达到 4 1%左右 ;整个包封过程对蛋白没有任何降解作用 ;微球呈缓 快 缓释药模式 ,药物缓释时间可长达 72h ;微球在肠PP结分布明显高…     

葡萄糖基聚合物的酶催化合成及其在制备缓释微球中的应用

以脂肪酶Novozym-435催化葡萄糖和10-十一碳烯酸合成了6-O-(10-十一碳烯酸)-葡萄糖酯,在K2S2O8引发下合成了葡萄糖基聚合物.采用复凝聚法以葡萄糖基聚合物和海藻酸钠为基质材料,将非诺洛芬钙包裹制成缓释微球.通过L9(34)正交实验得出微球的最佳制备工艺条件,结果是葡萄糖基聚合物:海藻酸钠质量比=1:2,pH 3.0,搅拌速度400 r/min,反应成球温度45℃.在最佳工艺条件下制备的非诺洛芬钙缓释微球,粒径范围是10～20μm,平均药物包封率(73.74±3.12)%.同时,体外溶出试验表明,该微球具有较好的缓释作用.     

壳聚糖装载猪胸腺肽微球给药

目的：以猪胸腺肽为芯材、壳聚糖为壁材,采用乳化交联结合单凝聚法制备猪胸腺肽壳聚糖口服微球。方法：以壁材浓度、交联剂含量、油水比值、芯材壁材比值为四因素设计正交实验,确定微球最佳制备条件,并对其体外释放及稳定性进行研究。结果：制备微球最优化条件为壳聚糖浓度1％、25％戊二醛含量7％、油水比值2：1、壳聚糖与胸腺肽比值1：1;微球在pH1．5的HC1溶液中2h释放30％,在pH6．8及7．4的PBS缓冲液中最终释放度约80％,并在24h达到释放终点;微球30rain突释率约为10％,1h释放率约为20％,其后缓慢而持续地释放;猪胸腺肽壳聚糖微球在0℃保存8个月时微球外观及形态没有差异,药物剩余率约为91．8％。结论：采用乳化交联结合单凝聚法制备的猪胸腺肽壳聚糖口服微球为缓释给药系统的临床应用奠定了理论基础,具有重要的实际应用价值和社会意义。     

均匀设计法优化硝酸咪康唑微球的制备工艺

目的：以均匀设计法筛选优化硝酸咪康唑苹果酸化壳聚糖微球的制备工艺,提供可控性及预测性,并对微球稳定性和药物释放规律进行研究。方法：采用乳化交联法制备微球。采用U5（53）试验表进行试验,分别考察各处方的制备的微球的形态和粒径、载药量和包封率。利用SPSS软件进行多元线性回归拟合,得到方程及优化工艺条件。结果：优化方程的预测值与实验值之间有较好的吻合性。制备出的微球可以在室温（25℃）条件下保存;微球的药物释放动力学可用一级动力学方程来描述。结论：本实验通过均匀设计法优化硝酸咪康唑微球的制备工艺预测性好且制备的微球性能良好。     

载荷壳聚糖微球的海藻酸钠水凝胶的制备

目的：在支架材料上引入具有控释行为的微球,旨在通过微球包裹生长因子,通过生长因子的缓慢释放从而促进种子细胞的生长分化。方法：本实验通过在海藻酸钠水凝胶中负载具有控释功能的壳聚糖微球,并通过在微球中包栽溶茵酶从而达到控制壳聚糖降解速率的功效。实验研究了不同搅拌速度下壳聚糖微球的形貌及粒径大小,通过扫描电镜对壳聚糖微球及复合支架的形貌进行了观察,通过紫外光吸收法测试了微球的载药量及包封率,并研究了壳聚糖微球在体外的降解行为等。结果：制备的壳聚糖微球表面较光滑,溶菌酶的包封率在25．78％41．89％之间,载药量在15．20％-24．44％之间。包封溶茵酶的微胶囊在降解9天后壳聚糖分子量下降了70．40％,载荷微球的复合凝胶孔洞增多,孔洞大小均匀。结论：此复合材料有望作为栽荷软骨相关生长因子的支架模型,从而解决软骨组织工程中种子细胞匮乏的问题。     

壳聚糖-阿拉伯胶布洛芬缓释微囊制备工艺研究

本文以壳聚糖和阿拉伯胶为囊材,利用复凝聚法将布洛芬微囊化。以微囊的药物包封率为制备工艺优化指标,通过正交实验得出微囊的最佳制备工艺条件为：壳聚糖浓度为0．2％、成囊pH为4．5、成囊温度为45℃、搅拌速度为200rpm。以最佳制备工艺条件制备含药微囊,重现性好,工艺稳定,同时体外溶出实验表明,该微囊具有较好的缓释作用。     

A Unique Protease Cleavage Site Predicted in the Spike Protein of the Novel Pneumonia Coronavirus (2019-nCoV) Potentially Related to Viral Transmissibility

正Dear Editor,In December 2019, a novel human coronavirus caused an epidemic of severe pneumonia(Coronavirus Disease 2019,COVID-19) in Wuhan, Hubei, China(Wu et al. 2020; Zhu et al. 2020). So far, this virus has spread to all areas of China and even to other countries. The epidemic has caused 67,102 confirmed infections with 1526 fatal cases     

Curcuminoids as inhibitors of thioredoxin reductase: A receptor based pharmacophore study with distance mapping of the active site

Curcumin is the yellow pigment of turmeric that interacts irreversibly forming an adduct with thioredoxin reductase (TrxR), an enzyme responsible for redox control of cell and defence against oxidative stress. Docking at both the active sites of TrxR was performed to compare the potency of three naturally occurring curcuminoids, namely curcumin, demethoxy curcumin and bis-demethoxy curcumin. Results show that active sites of TrxR occur at the junction of E and F chains. Volume and area of both cavities is predicted. It has been concluded by distance mapping of the most active conformations that Se atom of catalytic residue SeCYS498, is at a distance of 3.56 from C13 of demethoxy curcumin at the E chain active site, whereas C13 carbon atom forms adduct with Se atom of SeCys 498. We report that at least one methoxy group in curcuminoids is necessary for interation with catalytic residues of thioredoxin. Pharmacophore of both active sites of the TrxR receptor for curcumin and demethoxy curcumin molecules has been drawn and proposed for design and synthesis of most probable potent antiproliferative synthetic drugs.     

Comparative morphology of the carpel in the Liliaceae: Hewardieae, Petrosavieae, and Tricyrteae

The young pistils in the melanthioid tribes, Hewardieae, Petrosavieae and Tricyrteae, are uniformly tricarpellate and syncarpous. They lack raphide idioblasts. All are multiovulate, with bitegmic ovules. The Petrosavieae are marked by the presence of septal glands and incomplete syncarpy. Tepals and stamens adhere to the ovary in the Hewardieae and the Petrosavieae but not in the Tricyrteae. Two vascular bundles occur in the stamens of the Hewartlieae and Tricyrtis latifolia. Ventral bundles in the upper part of the ovary of the Hewardieae are continuous with compound septal bundles and placental bundles in the lower part. Putative ventral bundles occur in the alternate position in the Tricyrteae and putative placental bundles in the opposite. position in the Petrosavieae. The dichtomously branched stigma in each carpel of the Tricyrteae is supplied by a bifurcated dorsal bundle.     

Enterovirus 71 3C proteolytically processes the histone H3 N-terminal tail during infection

Highlights
1. The N-terminal tail of histone H3 is specifically cleaved during EV71 infection.
2. Viral protease 3C is identified as a protease responsible for proteolytically processing the N-terminal H3 tail.
3. Our finding reveals a new epigenetic regulatory mechanism for Enterovirus 71 in virus-host interactions.     

Detection of EBV and HHV6 in the Brain Tissue of Patients with Rasmussen’s Encephalitis

Rasmussen’s encephalitis (RE) is a rare pediatric neurological disorder, and the exact etiology is not clear. Viral infection may be involved in the pathogenesis of RE, but conflicting results have reported. In this study, we evaluated the expression of both Epstein-Barr virus (EBV) and human herpes virus (HHV) 6 antigens in brain sections from 30 patients with RE and 16 control individuals by immunohistochemistry. In the RE group, EBV and HHV6 antigens were detected in 56.7% (17/30) and 50% (15/30) of individuals, respectively. In contrast, no detectable EBV and HHV6 antigen expression was found in brain tissues of the control group. The co-expression of EBV and HHV6 was detected in 20.0% (6/30) of individuals. In particular, a 4-year-old boy had a typical clinical course, including a medical history of viral encephalitis, intractable epilepsy, and hemispheric atrophy. The co-expression of EBV and HHV6 was detected in neurons and astrocytes in the brain tissue, accompanied by a high frequency of CD8⁺ T cells. Our results suggest that EBV and HHV6 infection and the activation of CD8⁺ T cells are involved in the pathogenesis of RE.     

Perinatal Vertical Transmission of Chikungunya Virus in Ruili,a Town on the Border between China and Myanmar

正Dear Editor,Chikungunya virus (CHIKV), an arbovirus in the family of Togaviridae, genus Alphavirus, is transmitted by the A.aegyptii or A. albopictus mosquito, and causes disease in humans characterized by fever, rash, and arthralgia (Silva and Dermody 2017; Suhrbier 2019). It was first reported in 1953 in Tanzania, and caused only a few outbreaks and sporadic cases in Africa and Asia in last century. However, in the epidemic in 2004, CHIKV acquired mutations that conferred enhanced transmission by the A. albopictus mosquito(Schuffenecker et al. 2006). Since then, it has successively caused outbreaks in Africa, the Indian Ocean, South East Asia, the South America, and Europe (Zeller et al. 2016).     

Development of a Novel Reverse Transcription Loop-Mediated Isothermal Amplification Method for Rapid Detection of SARS-CoV-2

In conclusion, the novel visual RT-LAMP assay is a simple, rapid, and sensitive approach for detection of SARS-CoV-2, and it is ready for application in primary care and community hospitals or health care centers, and even patients' own houses in response to the current SARS-CoV-2 epidemic because the assay does not require sophisticated equipment and skilled personnel. Furthermore, it is also ready to be used in fields for screening samples from wild animals and environments to facilitate the identification of potential intermediate hosts that mediate the cross-species transmission of SARS-CoV-2 from bats to humans.